Patent · US Active

Navigated placement of pelvic implant based on combined anteversion by applying Ranawat's sign or via arithmetic formula

US9044345B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

Blaine Warkentine · Long Beach, US
Heiko Mueller · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 22, 2007
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 25, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2002/4668
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for placing a pelvic implant including a cup and a femoral stem includes planning at least one of a location of the cup within a pelvis and a location of the stem within a femur such that a combined anteversion between a predetermined cup component and a predetermined femoral stem component satisfies a predetermined combined anteversion.

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